Jalen Gaffney Transferring

[Lefty2one]

Jackson may not be a PG, but to suggest he's not a ball handler or initiator is absurd.

I'm not saying that, I'm saying those are the holes that we need to fill with the PG slots.

 

[JMick]

Did we give Ollie the same chance?

Yeah. He went out and got Kwintin Williams, Antwoine Anderson, David Onuorah, Sidney Wilson and Eric Cobb.

Didn't exactly work out.

 

[AllAbout5]

Yeah. He went out and got Kwintin Williams, Antwoine Anderson, David Onuorah, Sidney Wilson and Eric Cobb.

Didn't exactly work out.

Wait correct me if I’m wrong wasn’t Cobb a one game wonder? I feel like I remember him helping us beat Syracuse one year.

 

[UConNick]

Hope everyone spinning this is right but not feeling warm and fuzzy with the state of the program at this very moment. Really need to hope the portal works out … as well as some of these freshman.

That’s fine. But given how expansive the portal is, and the countless success stories we saw on rosters this year, there’s a clear reason me (and many others) are cautiously optimistic that we’ll come out better at the end of this offseason.

 

[Kathy]

LOL Year 5 of a rebuild is not in of itself a rebuild year.

Or it shouldn't be

 

[UConnSwag11]

Yeah. He went out and got Kwintin Williams, Antwoine Anderson, David Onuorah, Sidney Wilson and Eric Cobb.

Didn't exactly work out.

True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it

 

[nyhuskies13]

think most people on the same page here... all wish Gaffney and Diggins the best

NO ONE can reasonably predict whether Jackson will become a great, primary PG for an entire season

NO ONE can reasonably predict who we land in the portal, but we can remain optimistic we bring in some pieces

all have to trust Hurley and staff (no choice here since we dont control the program)... but can agree things not super peachy right now, especially if DH is going to start pitching this as a rebuilding year. he's done some positive things, but has also been very disappointing

lets not fall into extreme rhetorical predictions

 

[navery12]

True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it

Because the trends were completely opposite directions, one is trending up every season and the other started off with those accolades you list and then stopped doing his job

 

[mrl2016]

True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it

Hurley from kenpom 180 -> 20

Ollie from national champ to kenpom -> 180

What the hell are you talking about?

 

[djct1999]

I'd be more concerned come late October that either Gaffney or Diggins was our starting PG than I am both transfering on March 30.

 

[djct1999]

True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it

Do you really get it?

 

[Lefty2one]

Man, people on here really don’t like Andre’s game. Hurley is putting is trust in him and I’m all for it. Count me in the camp that believes Ajax can be a really great PG for us.

His game is easy to like but we need a lot more production and a lot fewer "nice flashes".

In Feb/March he averaged 5.6/5.5/3.4 and shot 37.5% from the floor. It's just not great, yet. We are throwing around the idea of a massive increase in his role and responsibilities. I love him as a secondary playmaker but I think we're in deep crap if he's our starting point guard.

 

[JMick]

True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it

Well they're completely different scenarios and the situations aren't comparable at all. So I don't think it's unreasonable that they're being handled and perceived differently. And I mean there's also the fact that Ollie was at UConn longer than Hurley has been here

But sure otherwise everything is exactly the same and you're definitely not trying to push some agenda that everyone else seems to have gotten over

 

[Deadrody]

ALSO not remotely surprising

 

[Billy Bob]

You are asking a guy who never played a true PG on the college level to now assume that primary role in a Top D1 program?
Being handed the ball at the top of the key is not a PG maybe a point forward which is what happened last season.
But if he is a PG and I am the other team, I am in his jock everytime he brings the ball up from underneath the opposition's hoop.
That would be a what a PG does and I don't think in a million years he could do that consistently.

 

[Huskybass]

A fresh start might be exactly what Jalen needs. There's more ability there than we have seen. Best of luck Jalen, I hope you find a great fit.

Stay tuned...incoming portal talent.

 

[Huskybass]

True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it

The winning percentage has gone up every year under Hurley. Ollie's first two years were his best, and his last two were flat out awful.

 

[PNolanFan]

True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it

I kind of disagree, Ollie was fired after not making the tournament 3 years in a row correct? I have to imagine if Hurley misses next two years he will not get a chance to make it three in a row

 

[runner11]

With all due respect, you and the guy who coaches high school (?) are mistaken. The movement is overwhelmingly downward in both sports.

Didn't we just see a Baylor backcourt win the championship with 2 transfer guards in Teague and Mitchell. Where would UNC be without Manek? Where would KU be without Remy Martin? Last time I checked Gonzaga's starting backcourt was transfers. The front runner for national player of the year a transfer on Kentucky! The times have changed, catch up or stay out of the discussion.

 

[Excalibur]

No quibble there. Hurley had a security blanket with Cole and that is gone now. The bed is stripped bare.

This should be the criticism. Everyone whiffs on recruits. He whiffed on two straight at the same position. That should raise eyebrows. Let's see how he plugs the holes.

 

[aburks41]

True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it

Kevin Ollie nearly relegated this program into a Division 3 rec league. Hurley cleaned up his disaster. Our record for next year is 0-0 right now, idk how you can say things have gotten worse with a straight face.

 

[CL82]

Don't worry we have our PG on the roster. AJ.

This actually terrifies me. I’m a big AJ fan, and I wouldn’t mind him getting some minutes at the point, but he’s a long way away from being a starting point guard.

 

[McLovin]

Does this mean Andrew Hurley is currently top of the depth chart at PG

 

[runner11]

Kevin Ollie nearly relegated this program into a Division 3 rec league. Hurley cleaned up his disaster. Our record for next year is 0-0 right now, idk how you can say things have gotten worse with a straight face.

Do you think that just maybe, changing the transfer rule so that players don't have to sit out broadens the pool of talent? Half a dozen great teams this year were entirely built on transfers. You have KO ptsd.

 

[UconnU]

They should reinstate the year sit rule. It’s not healthy for the game to have this many kids in the portal and it absolutely benefits the bigger name schools.